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Sunday Matinee Concert for Families
At the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA
Hilltown Families and Iron Horse Entertainment Group have partnered up to offer a chance for two families to win a family 4-pack of tickets to see Secret Agent 23 Skidoo at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. on Sunday, April 11th at 2pm. Mister G will be opening. Deadline to enter to win is 04/07/10. Find out how to enter to win below.
When North Carolina rapper Secret Agent 23 Skidoo became a dad, he set his sights toward creating hip-hop he and his daughter could enjoy equally. The result, Easy, is a revelation. Plenty of artists have taken a stab at "kid-hop" before, but not one has produced such an unqualified success. This is real hip-hop, with thumping funk grooves that wouldn't seem out of place on adult radio and the kind of playful rhymes that came from Will Smith back in his Fresh Prince days. The lyrics are pure kid stuff—the songs radiate positivity, promoting self-esteem and curiosity via stories about dragons and mermaids—but it's all so masterfully delivered that it doesn't feel the least bit corny. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo has set a new bar for the genre.
Bill Childs of Spare the Rock writes: "Easy is the first genuinely great hip hop record for kids, mixing, as the press materials suggest, old school hip hop with elementary school themes. Put together by hip hop veteran Cactus (of Granola Funk Express), SA23 throws hip hop, bluegrass, funk, rock, and more into the pot, and produces a terrific way to introduce your kids to hip hop with a positive message."
The No Nap Happy Hour concert series will feature the kinds of bands that seem to have taken their cue from They Might Be Giants in believing that kids' music doesn't have to condescend or, well, suck. The Iron Horse is teaming up with WRSI radio program for kids, Spare The Rock, Spoil The Child, to present a monthly Sunday afternoon concert for kids at the Iron Horse. This Sunday matinee concert series for kids continues at the Iron Horse on Sunday, May 16th at 2PM with Brady Rymer. Check back for more ticket giveaways to the great family concert series.
Your chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets to see Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, with opening act, Mister G, at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA is as easy as 1-2-3 (4)! To win simply:
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IT'S THAT SIMPLE! — Deadline is Wednesday, 04/07/10 @ 7pm (EST).
If you don't win you should still go! Tickets for the No Nap Happy Hour concert series are available at the Northampton Box office, online at IHEG.com, or by calling 413-586-8686.


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China needs comprehensive public health intervention to control syphilis epidemic
Syphilis is currently at epidemic proportions in China and rates of infection will continue to grow unless a more comprehensive, coordinated effort of control is implemented, according to an editorial by UNC's Dr. Joseph D. Tucker.
Media contact: Lisa Chensvold, (919) 843-5719 or email@example.com
Embargoed until 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 6, 2010
CHAPEL HILL -- Despite the virtual elimination of syphilis in China in the 1950s, the sexually transmitted infection is currently at epidemic proportions in the country and rates of infection will continue to grow unless a more comprehensive, coordinated effort of control is implemented, according to a perspective published in the May 6 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Syphilis in China is growing at a rate faster than any other country since the introduction of penicillin. Today, one baby is born every hour with congenital syphilis, which can cause serious and irreversible birth defects.
China's rapid economic growth has produced some unpleasant consequences, including a large commercial sex industry fueled by many businessmen with money and young women without it. "Social changes have spawned a massive resurgence of syphilis," said Joseph D. Tucker, M.D., a fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital.
The economic growth combined with mass urbanization means that Chinese society is experiencing more dramatic change than other developing countries. The authors of the paper argue that in dealing with the syphilis epidemic, the Chinese government and public officials must take into account the depth of China's social change and the social stigma associated with the high-risk behaviors associated with syphilis.
With public officials under immense pressure to address the syphilis problem, they have resorted to targeting--and often detaining--commercial sex workers. "The traditional approach of focusing on individual behaviors is not working," said Tucker, who received his medical degree from UNC.
Stigma surrounding sexually transmitted infections is not unique to China, but Chinese social structures place an extraordinarily high value on public dignity and socially acceptable behaviors. "High-risk sexual behavior is more highly stigmatized in China than in other places," Tucker said.
He and his colleagues call on China to recognize sexually transmitted infections as an urgent public health problem. "We need an integrated, interdisciplinary treatment and prevention strategy, "Tucker said, "if China is going to eliminate STIs once again."
Co-authors include Xiang-Sheng Chen, M.D., Ph.D., National Center for STD Control and Peking Union Medical College, and Rosanna W. Peeling, Ph.D., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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After impact the upper section of the SNAP'n SAFE remains inside the post. Unfasten hardware and SNAP'n SAFE can be removed easily. Once impacted, the entire SNAP'n SAFE breakaway has to be replaced. Replacement of sign post depends on impact conditions.
The surface mount breakaway anchor is most ideal for parking lots, parking garages, and concrete medians where installing anchor posts is not suitable.
This base will mount 8–16 gauge 2-3/8" round posts to concrete surfaces only. It is not intended to be used on asphalt surfaces due to structural integrity issues with asphalt. It weighs 12 lbs. and is made of cast gray iron, 80% of which is recycled material. It can also withstand winds of up to 120 mph.
All ground mounting hardware is included with the base. A 5/16" hex key is required to tighten the set screw that secures the round post.
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- Remove any burrs or imperfections from the inside of the 2⅜″ OD 8–16 gauge round sign post
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- Using the surface mount coupler as a template, mark the location of the three (3) holes to drill. With a ⅜ inch drill bit, drill three (3) holes at least 4½″ deep. It is not necessary to blow the holes out or clean them out.
- Clean off concrete surface and align the coupler with the holes. Place any necessary washers under the base as determined in Step 3.
- Put one (1) washer on each bolt and install the three (3) bolts. (DO NOT tighten all the way until you are certain that the base is level and all three (3) hole locations are firmly resting on the washers or concrete.)
- Note: The bolts are carbon steel and are extremely hard. They have a 3,800 pound pull-out strength.
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'Siluett' is a series of brightly-coloured translucent lamps designed by Malin Sköld for the Swedish lighting manufacturer Bsweden. Inspired by an archetypical graphic outline of a lamp, 'Siluett' creates an illusion by appearing to be a flat two-dimensional form when seen directly up front. Executed in semi-transparent acrylic, the simple yet imaginative design gives a soft tinted glow and is available in two different sizes and more than 20 colours.
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An Academic Awards Convocation to recognize the outstanding academic achievements of students and faculty is held each spring. A variety of student academic awards are presented during this celebration.
The Faculty Award is presented to the graduate magna cum laude or summa cum laude who, in the estimation of the faculty of the university, has evidenced exemplary devotion and commitment to the life of the mind.
Faculties of the various disciplines may, but are not obligated, to designate one graduating senior as a Distinguished Scholar. While eligibility requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.40, the faculty may consider other relevant academic factors and variables in the selection process.
The Dean's List is used for special recognition of students whose records of scholastic achievement are exceptional. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must be enrolled full time and earn a minimum of 3.6 semester and cumulative GPA. The Dean's List is prepared at the end of the fall and spring semesters and students are recognized at the Honors Convocation each spring.
Baccalaureate honors are awarded after each commencement to baccalaureate students who meet the following criteria: 1)student has completed 60 hours of classwork at WWU, 2) student has earned a cumulative GPA of 3.60 or above. Students whose cumulative GPA is 3.6 - 3.74 qualify for Cum Laude; students whose cumulative GPA is 3.75 - 3.89 qualify for Magna Cum Laude; students whose cumulative GPA is 3.9 or above qualify for Summa Cum Laude. Graduation honors print on transcripts and are shown by a special seal affixed to the diploma.


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JOB TITLE: Nursing Assistant
LOCATION: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
DEPARTMENT: Medical Surgical Orthopedics 6 West - Float
WORK SCHEDULE: Days; 7am-3:30pm including every and other weekend holiday
WORK TYPE: Full Time; 1.0 FTE; 80 hrs bi-weekly
Responsible and accountable for performing a wide range of direct patient care tasks. The performance of tasks allows the care team to provide
quality care. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in the specific age range on their assigned clinical area.
Performs duties to support the goals and objectives of Geisinger Health System in its efforts to provide quality service and patient satisfaction.
Works under the direction of the Nursing or Operations Manager.
PATIENT RIGHTS-Knowledge of principles and practices associated with the rights and responsibilities of patients and caregivers.
PATIENT SAFETY-Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
HEALTH INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION-Knowledge of the relevance of health information and appropriate documentation methods; ability
to record medical histories, symptoms, vital signs, medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, procedures, tests, and medical results in written or
electronic form.
COMPUTER SKILLS-Demonstrates basic navigation in a windows environment, and passwords and security. Accesses the internet, uses basic browser
functionality, and understands policy on Internet usage. Demonstrates the ability to compose, send and read emails, understands email functionality
and conventions related to replying.
COMMUNICATION-Demonstrates oral, written, and electronic communication skills.
HS Diploma or GED required
BLS preferred
Work performed in clinical environment-Universal Precautions
May handle or be exposed to hazardous materials
Work involves lifting/maneuvering patients
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements
considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER: (GWV), located in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is an acute care hospital that is licensed for 274 beds, and houses the only Level II Trauma center in Luzerne County. The campus includes the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center, The Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital, the Janet Weis Children's Hospital Pediatric Unit, a transplant program and the Brain & Spine Tumor Institute. Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre is GWV's ambulatory campus.
About Geisinger
One of the nation's most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
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I am certainly missing something here everyone.
An Augmented 6th eg the Italian is, I understand made up of the notes A flat, C and F sharp in the Key of C.
I cannot work out what on Earth the Key of C has to do with it. In other words why is this in the key of C?
Regards to all and do not laugh at me if it turns out to be simple.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
During the 18th century there emerged in the French-speaking world a widespread movement of criticism of existing institutions and beliefs which came to be called the "Enlightenment". The objects of enlightened criticism ranged from the established church, judicial practice, freedom of speech, art, literature and manners in general, the role of the King, and economic reform.
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windows 7 home BASIC to windows 7 professional upgrade
I would like to upgrade one of our computer in the office which come with windows 7 home BASIC (not PREMIUM) to windows 7 professional.
but i can't find the upgrade purchase option of this. I am finding the upgrade of home premium to professional but not of home Basic to professional
can anyone here guide me to the right direction.
we are looking for upgrade version instead of full version to save the cost.
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|13 May 2012
You may need to be using the Windows Anytime Upgrade option, although I'm not absolutely certain whether you can upgrade from Basic to Professional.
Also, you can only use it in certain parts of the world.
Windows 7 Upgrade Paths
All you do is buy a new product key for Windows 7 Professional, click Windows Anytime Upgrade, and then insert the product key that will have been emailed to you.
Windows then downloads the files needed for the upgrade and you will be required to activate the system on completion of the upgrade. Depending on how many files need to be downloaded, the upgrade shouldn't take any longer than half-an-hour.
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that you can use the option with the Basic edition of Windows 7.
It would appear you are faced with buying Windows 7 Professional.
Windows 7 Starter is the edition of Windows 7 that contains the fewest features. Windows 7 Starter is only available in a 32-bit version. The Windows Aero theme is not included in this version. The desktop wallpaper and visual styles (Windows 7 Basic) are not user-changeable. Microsoft originally intended to restrict the edition to running three simultaneous applications but this limitation was dropped.[6]This edition is available pre-installed on computers, especially netbooks, through system integrators or computer manufacturers using OEM licenses. Source: Wikepedia.
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|14 May 2012
Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
Windows Anytime Upgrade - Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows
indicates that Home Basic has an Anytime Upgrade to Home Premium, but not Professional or Ultimate.
I wonder if you could use an Anytime Upgrade from Basic to Premium, and then a new one from Home Premium to Professional? (So much for cost savings, though.)
I believe that the Anytime Upgrade is available globally, but it is only available online in selected countries.
The least expensive way to obtain Pro that I know of is to buy a system builder (generic OEM) copy. It probably can't be installed as an upgrade, though.
|My System Specs
|14 May 2012
Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1
For best results: a clean install is recommended. Data backup is of course recommended
|My System Specs
|15 May 2012
what issues are seen in upgrade rather than the clean installation?
Thanks guyz for suggestions and replies.
|My System Specs
|15 May 2012
An upgrade can leave unwanted files lying around, which may impact on performance, but you don't have the aggravation of re-installing your applications.
From a personal point of view, I prefer a clean install because you can then set up your system exactly as you want it.
Whichever method you use, personal data backup is essential as merkat106 rightly points out.
As for going down the Windows Anytime Upgrade route it is possible to use it more than once. As an example, I've used a Windows 7 Professional DVD that was good for the Anytime Upgrade from Home Premium to Professional, and then bought another product key to upgrade from Professional to Ultimate.
Trouble is, it's not much cheaper than buying an Ultimate disc in the first place and it's a bit of a messy method to achieve the ultimate if you'll excuse the pun. :)
|My System Specs
|21 May 2012
Thanks guyz for you nice suggestions.
|My System Specs
|21 May 2012
Windows 7 pro 64bit. (SP1)
windows anytime upgrade is fast and only unlocks locked functions of higher version that is already there but hidden. its different than standart update so you dont win much from clean install in this case, or even lose time reinstaling software and configuring (if system was good before upgrade)
pro>ultimate upgrade took around 5 minutes, had no problems or slowdowns
there is no direct path from basic to pro.
i wonder maybe you should try basic>premium>pro
but if the cost is close to pro then buy new pro license.
you should read this
nice tutorial
|My System Specs
|21 May 2012
You can try the workaround to change between versions of Win7. Set a restore point and change the two registry keys shown below exactly as shown. This tricks the installer into thinking it is doing a same-version Repair Install which is always allowed:
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Then run the 32 bit Professional installer from desktop. You can Unlock any version using eicfg removal tool on the ISO which can be extracted with ImgBurn .
This workaround has worked with every other version but I cannot vouch for Basic. You would also want to Clean Install 64 bit if you have more than 4gb RAM.
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|22 May 2012
now i have completed the upgrade.
thanks guyz
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What Joe Carter Taught My Dad About His Son
If you called me an insane, obsessed, socially maladjusted freak in regards to my passion for the game of baseball, you would be absolutely correct. Try as I might to cover up the idiosyncratic ticks that put me at the top of the weird charts, there really is no denying my beyond reasonable quirkiness. In fact, baseball has long affected my dating life, my filial responsibilities, my job.
So you can imagine the worry and fear experienced by my dearest friends and loved ones when the MLB Network officially launched earlier this year. It has been alluded to that since the network aired, getting in contact with me has been harder than taking Sarah Palin seriously. This I cannot deny.
Besides getting the inside scoop on all things off-season baseball from the Hot Stove Show, shedding man-tears watching Mookie's grounder trickle between Buckner's legs and vehemently arguing/defending the selections of Prime 9, I have also been forced to evaluate the roots of my undying passion for our national pastime and why it means so much to me.
Which takes me back to the beginning…
Unlike many young boys, my father had very little to do with my interest in baseball. As great a man as he was (still is), he always had a calm reserve — an indifferent nature towards the game. Sure, he was a fan of sorts; but he wasn't nuts about it in any way. His sister was. Yes, it's all her fault. My dear Aunt Alice and her husband, Uncle Iggy, were absolutely wild about baseball and they molded me into a young, opinionated, domineering superfan at an early age.
Indeed, no two people had a greater effect on my psycho-following of the St. Louis Cardinals. They ate, slept and breathed Cardinals baseball (still do); their fiery enthusiasm infected me before I could even walk. Upon reflection, my earliest baseball memory is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's front page color photo of bedlam at Busch after the 1982 World Series. Emulating Jack Clark's short swing and despising Don Denkinger came soon after. With the help of my aunt and uncle, it wasn't long before I was memorizing the starting lineup of the '85 club and dreaming of being Ozzie Smith.
My father took a backseat to this unruly creation of a Redbird child. While supportive of my decision to "go crazy, folks, go crazy" while reenacting Ozzie's fist pump around the bases, it was clear that Dad didn't quite understand what all the fuss was about. Despite the quizzical looks he gave when I argued to stay home and watch the game rather than go to the video arcade, he accepted the fact that his son was some kind of weirdo.
As soon as I could operate the VCR, I was recording any and every baseball game on television. During the long the winter months I watched those games with the same intensity with which I watched them the first time. Then I'd watch them again. And again and again.
"What are you doing, Jeff?" my father would say.
"Shh. It's Tewksbury versus Sutcliffe, Dad. Pena's gonna throw Walton out at second. Wait and see."
"But you've seen this game already."
"I haven't seen all of it. There's too much going on all at once. I'm watching just Pena this time. Just Pena. Watch."
And he would… he would placate my desire… because he saw how important it was to me.
It was very important to me.
My parents were divorced. It got ugly at times. I lived with my dad, separated from my sister, who lived with my mom a hundred miles away. While my childhood spun around in chaotic circles of arguments, misunderstandings and fear, the melodic pace and harmonic rhythm of baseball calmed me like no drug ever could: the unique sound of Tom Brunansky's bat, a whipping line-drive snagged by Pendleton at third, a Ken Daley strikeout. No matter what the final score, baseball, with its disregard for time and its indifferent ability to create heroes and villains and bystanders, became the one constant in my life.
It kept me sane.
So it was October, 1993, and I found myself in a certain state of panic. I was a selfish 14 year old boy who couldn't imagine missing Game 6 of the '93 Series and I wasn't about to be quiet about it. In Tulsa, Oklahoma at the time to cheer on my dad (a marathon runner) in the 15k Tulsa Run, my complaining escalated — eventually becoming more annoying than persuading. The race was long over, but we were not anywhere near a television; the game had started and the anticipation was killing me.
"Dad, we have to go watch the game!" I whined.
"Okay, we will."
"No, now! We've already missed the first inning!"
"We will. We'll go in a little bit. It's just the Blue Jays and Phillies anyway —
"Just the Blue Jays and — Dad, it's important! We have to go!"
Several shrills of suffering and an hour or so later we were finally in the comforts of a relative's home, watching the game.
My dad rested his tired legs and read the newspaper while I glued myself to the t.v. set, still jittery, shaken, upset from missing the first five innings of play. It was 5-1 Blue Jays and Dad uttered: "See, it's gonna be a blowout anyway, Jeff."
I grit my teeth.
And when the Phillies went on a tear in the seventh inning, scoring five runs to take a 6-5 lead, I looked back at him and said, "This is why you can never turn off a game, Dad. Anything is possible."
Dad managed but a glance away from his paper.
The ninth inning rolled around. I shook with nerves at the suspenseful drama, mystique, myriad possibilities. Dad was unmoved. "Game's over, Jeff. Mitch Williams is coming in."
"You never know, Dad. You never know. You have to watch. Just watch."
Williams walked Rickey Henderson.
"Just watch, Dad. Please."
Fed up with my whining, he reluctantly put his paper down just in time to see Devon White fly out.
Paul Molitor singl
Joe Carter dug in.
I heard the rustling of Dad's newspaper again, but before he could get into the reading position I shot him a glare so vicious, so maniacal, so threatening that he had no choice but to put it back down and focus on the game… just in time to see this:
Unaffiliated with the Blue Jays, unaffiliated with the Phillies, but fully affiliated with the wondrous game of baseball, I shot to my feet and screamed like a little girl. My whole being gushed with excitement, with incredulity, with a burning sensation never before felt as Carter jumped and ran the bases.
I looked at my dad, his jaw on the floor, eyes lit up like the Skydome fireworks.
"Did you see that, Dad!?! Did you see that!?!"
"I… I saw it. I don't believe it but I… I saw it."
"Don't you see, Dad? Anything's possible."
"I guess you're right. Anything is possible."
If you can dream it, it can happen.
That's the lesson baseball taught me, the lesson Joe Carter taught my dad, the lesson that comes from having a father who believes in you…
I love you, Dad. And don't forget… you can't hate me 'cuz I'm right. You said it yourself on October 23, 1993.


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DennisMM wrote:Is this meant to be a single season, or two at most? Because stretching it beyond that will require solving the murder at the very least and trying to turn it into something like The Wire. It's got a good cast; I'd almost watch it just for Michelle Forbes.
The Killing (Danish title Forbrydelsen, meaning "The Crime") is a Danish crime TV series produced by Danmarks Radio. Each series follows the police investigation of one specific case, day by day, with a one-hour episode covering 24 hours of the investigation. As of March 2011 there have been two series, with a third in production.
Nice Marmot wrote:Anybody watching this? I'm liking it.
The coping family scenes have been tough to watch.
The replacement detective bugs me. Plenty of unlikable male teens to go around. Same for male campaign worker guys.
Nice Marmot wrote:The replacement detective bugs me. Plenty of unlikable male[s] to go around.
scors54 wrote:OK-any idea why there has been ZERO talkback for this show on the site?
Nice Marmot wrote:Thought I'd be seriously leaning in one suspect's direction by now, but I'm not.
There's something fishy about the victim's aunt that they've barely hinted at . . .
Seem's like Stan's former mob boys would be too easy.
Nice Marmot wrote:Brutal episode last night . . .
Ribbons wrote:Wow.
Best episode since the pilot. So do you think we can we assume that Richmond did it, or does this show has another twist up its sleeve?
Ribbons wrote:Does anybody know who the killer was in the Danish series, Forbydelsen? Because all I know is that it is definitely NOT that person (they said in an interview they changed their identity). That might narrow it down a little, if only by 1.
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Not a great deal to report, although there have been some highlights. We've mostly just been enjoying being here. We are never bored! Our little flat is so darling and so bright that I actually enjoy keeping it sparkling. It only takes, on average, an hour a day to do the cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
On Friday (July 9) we went into Southport again, that lovely town the brochure calls a Victorian seaside resort, which about sums it up. We had intended to go to the art festival, but never found it. Never mind; we had a great time poking around in various shops. (No, didn't buy anything). Afterward we went to the Nostalgia Tearoom, where waitresses in black dresses with white ruffled caps and aprons serve a traditional tea, sandwiches and scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
Saturday night we attended a play at the Civic Center, in the spirit of trying to support our community. It was set in Liverpool, making it of double interest to us. The drama club, it turns out, is in the neighboring town of Skelmersdale; hence, most of the audience (family and friends of the cast and crew, one supposes) were also from Skelmersdale, not from here in Ormskirk. Nevertheless, the play was better than we had expected it to be, and we are glad we went.
Sunday we went back to St. Nicholas in Liverpool, arriving half an hour before the Divine Liturgy because Demetrios wanted to help sing, and to arrive in time for at least some of Matins.
His voice isn't what it used to be, lacking about half its former power; but it is still as sweet and clear as ever, and yes, it did cause the ladies near me to sit up and take notice.
Elias, the cantor, sent a message to me that he would like me to read a snippet from the fathers just before Communion. I declined, as it seemed wrong on so many levels. If there is to be such a reading, it should be done by someone other than a stranger and a foreigner, it seems to me. And then there's the question of whether it would be controversial for a woman to read. Last thing I need is to be the focus of controversy. Lastly, I wasn't sure just when I was to read it.
We went to the coffee hour afterwards. There was a long table set up in the narthex where a family was serving koliva in honor of the anniversary of some loved one's death. In Richmond, they serve it in a plastic cup with a spoon. Here, they hand you a packet in plastic wrap, done up with a slice or two of bread. Presumably you eat it at home?
Off the narthex is a function room, where coffee and juice and sandwiches and cake are served. We went in there and dontated a couple of pounds and helped ourselves. Elias came up to chat with us. He said the reason he had wanted that reading was that there is no sermon. The priest, he says, can't preach. Well, give him credit for not trying, I say! If you can't preach, have the humility to recognize that and not inflict your efforts upon the congregation.
And yes, I found out it is controversial here for a female to read. A girl of about 12 read the Creed in English, and I mean in the Queen's English, too, not in Scouse. It was beautifully done, with great reverence and perfect clarity. But Elias says some people have come to him and said, tell her not to read. He replies, no, he will tell her to keep reading. Okay, here's where the weaker brother principle comes in. Don't eat meat if it offends your brother (or sister) and don't read, either, if it offends them.
So usually, when Demetrios sings somewhere for the first time, there are thank-yous and sometimes even compliments about his beautiful voice, but there weren't any this time. I'm sure he will keep singing anyway, whenever his voice permits.
On our way out, we had to squeeze past the priest, who was standing near the door chatting with two women. So then he had to speak. Not to me, but at least to Demetrios. What did he say? 'You didn't tell us you could sing!' Demetrios smiled and said something about how he had learned as a child. Then I stuck out my hand, so the priest had to put out his, which I took in mine and then kissed. Then we departed.
Elias drove us home. Demetrios, in the back seat with Elias' son Alex and friend Zisis, carried on a conversation with them, while in the front seat, Elias and I compared notes about people we know in the Orthodox world. Elias wants to take us to northern Wales, where his spiritual father is, Fr. Daniel. Northern Wales, Elias says, is very beautiful, but the greatest beauty there is Fr. Daniel. He proposes August 28 for the journey, which is Dormition on the Old Calendar. We'll try to firm that up next week, to be sure someone else can sing at St. Nicholas that day.
Also, Elias wants to take us to his house, in a village very near Ormskirk, next Sunday after church. He and his wife are giving a graduation party for their daughter, who is completing high school. We shall look forward to it and to meeting more Orthodox people.
Elias is the kind of person you're so happy to meet that it brings tears to your eyes.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Learning to Live in England, Part 14
Not a great deal to report, although there have been some highlights. We've mostly just been enjoying being here. We are never bored! Our little flat is so darling and so bright that I actually enjoy keeping it sparkling. It only takes, on average, an hour a day to do the cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
Posted by Anastasia Theodoridis at 9:05 AM
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- GretchenJoanna said...
How lovely that Elias is there. I will look forward to hearing about Wales and your other adventures to come.
- July 16, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Bb said...
I hope you'll forgive me, a stranger, for bombarding your blog with comments like this. You've no idea how delighted I am to find another Orthodox blogger who is reasonably local to me. I occasionally go up to Scarisbrick, near where you live, to the church suppliers there (Ormsby's), and I have an uncle who lives a ten-minute walk from the church you visited in Leyland. I go through Liverpool every Sunday on my way to church.
Perhaps one day our paths will cross.
Seeing as you're in the northwest, two things I would not be able to forgive myself for not telling you about are:
a) the annual pan-Orthodox pilgrimage to St Bertram's tomb and well in Ilam, which is usually on the first Saturday in August and this year will be Saturday, the 7th of August
b) the annual pan-Orthodox pilgrimage to St Winefride's well, which is usually the first Saturday in October. (Please forgive the broken photographs. The website stopped working over the past week so I have linked to the archived version.)
- July 19, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Michael, I'm delighted to welcome you to my blog and certainly hope to mett you.
Where do you go to church?
Thanks for the info!
- July 20, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- Bb said...
Thank you, Anastasia. :-)
All of the Orthodox around these parts seem to know one another. There are sufficielty few of us for that to be the case, so I'm sure we'll meet very soon.
My parish is here. There's aren't very many of us but we do what we can. :-) If ever you want to pop your head round the door, you'd be very welcome.
- July 21, 2010 at 7:54 AM


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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:30 pm
Post subject: Chicago! Chicago!
After not travelling to the states for 12 years, I will return this year the second time in the land of unlimited opportunities...
Due to my best friend's son decision to marry in November!!! in Chicago!!! , I'll board the plane once again towards the USA. (12 hours!!)
After a "must" week in New York ( there are some restaurants I did not eat at, some museums I had no time for and some shows I did not find tickets to in May) , I'll land in Chicago at the end of November! Brrr.. I'm freezing already ( which is a good feeling , considering the 35+ Celsius we have here now!) . After the 3-days party wedding , during which I will have to endure the pre dinner-wedding party, and the pre wedding brunch , and the in-laws dinner and the grandparent's breakfast, as well as the saturday synagogue service , and finally the weeding -, we ( my daughter an me) will stay for another 2 days to visit Chicago. I've heard it's worth it, so I booked two more days at my very central hotel.
My question is : I would like to eat some good, normal food after the 3-days splurge of the wedding. What and where, could you help me dear friends? Dear Chicago Bear, are you there? My daughter , a basket ball player, would like to go to a game of the Bulls (???) - I believe she is even capable of escaping the wedding for that. But I want to eat and see something of this city, despite the fact that probably the weather will be awful.
Hoping for a "little help from my friends", yours truely
No more war, Chicago is waiting for me!!
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:39 am
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Oh wow, you're visiting my native city! I sure don't miss the weather in November (or for that matter, the weather between late October and the end of April
) but there are certainly lots of places to eat well, cheaply and unpretentiously. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Russian Tea Time (Russian, of course - it has the added advantage of being across the street from the Art Institute)
Hema's Kitchen (Indian - there are two locations, the original on Devon Avenue and a newer one in Lincoln Park)
Xoco (Rick Bayless's latest and cheapest venture - a very high-class version of Mexican street food. Go for breakfast or dinner if you can; if you go for lunch, be prepared to endure a very, very long queue)
Gino's (Chicago-style pizza - this is definitely cold-weather food, preferably to be followed by a nap)
Not a restaurant per se, but Intelligentsia has the best coffee in the city. They have three branches (two downtown, one in Lakeview) and if you visit any of them, I'd recommend the one in the Monadnock Building (corner of Jackson and Dearborn), if only for the atmosphere and the beauty of the setting.
Hope that helps. Enjoy your trip - I'll cross my fingers for halfway decent weather then!
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:36 pm
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Thank you Rachel. I've heard of course about the famous Chicago-Pizza , and though I'm not a Pizza fanatic, and I usually prefer those with a very very thin crust, I'll certainly try one of the local ones. With beer of course
( which will make a welcome change after 3 days of Champagne and Wine).
Do you know of any special chinese? I'll be coming from New York, where I practically "sleep" in chinese restaurants, but still...
Are there any specialties of Chicago ( besides the Pizza)?
Concerning the weather: after 5 days in Chicago I'm bound for Los Angeles , so I'll warm up.
How is Santa Barbara? My Los Angeles friends intend to take us to a famous brunch , in a famous restaurant in Santa Barbara. I remember from my last visit ( 10years ago) the beach and the view from the mission. I hope this tine I'll have some time to stroll in the city.
Thanks again,
No more war, more good food around a peaceful world!
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:41 pm
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Happy travels to Chicago.
Chicago is a great city for food. If you are looking for chinese I would highly recommend a quick 10 minute cab ride over to Chinatown.
What a great place to explore as well. It is only about 2 miles from central downtown and makes for a quick walk around, as chicago's chinatown is only about 5 square blocks in size. Keep in mind most chinatown restaurants serve dim sum on Sundays if you want to enjoy that great menu
check out the very affordable:
Triple Crown Seafood Restaurant
211 W. 22nd Place
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 791-0788
Of course Chocolate Parties (cant resist talking about the chocolate rennaissance that is happening in Chicago right as we speak. You can find some unbelievable desserts and tastes in the world of chocolate.
Chocolate Bar at the peninsula hotel
Neighborhood: River North
108 E. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60611
Price range: $$$ ($16-$25)
Vosges Haute-Chocolat
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520 N. Michigan Avenue (North Bridge Mall)
Chicago, IL 60611
Ring: 312.644.9450
Hours: Mon-Sat. 10-8, Sun. 11-6
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Store Telephone (312) 664-6223
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Oak Street Hours:
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Hope that helps - Kevin/chocolatier
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:35 pm
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Hi Simona.
Welcome to Chicago in November! There's a lot of great food here, much of it surprisingly accessible.
My favourite is Nightwood. It's not far from Chinatown, about 10-15 minutes from downtown. They do an amazing Sunday brunch! It's the sister restaurant to Lula Cafe in Logan Square, which is always great too.
I completely second Rachel on Xoco (which in my experience is the best of the Bayless restaurants), and on Intelligentsia.
Chicago is home to some of the best Mexican food in the US. The entire Pilsen area is full of great bakeries, taquerias, and family eateries. The birria at Zaragoza is awesome:
And if you are in the mood for something fancier, try Spiaggia downtown. The cafe is cheaper than the restaurant, but the food is unfussy and delicious.
Hope that helps!
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Actually one restaurant that I ate at in Chicago that was really interesting was a place called Moto in the Fulton Market area. They offer a ten or twenty course menu along with wine pairings. The courses are very creative and inventive and it's definitely an experience as opposed to just a dinner. It start with the menu which is edible. They use a lot of dry ice,
ice machines
and liquid nitrogen to make interesting textures in the food and drinks.
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I go to Lula Cafe by Milwaukee ave pretty often, nice place on the north side. If it weren't for the insane traffic during rush hours, I'd be visiting it more frequently.
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But then again there are plenty of other great place in the city worth visiting.
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Miss Tammy would like to extend her refined, and gloved hand to you all with sincere season's greetings, whatever your faith, belief's or otherwise. I take this time of year to wave my arms around and give thank's, for my amazingly simple, but good life, for my family, for my friends, and that includes all my friends i have yet to physically meet, it's only a matter of time before Miss Tammy finds her way to you all, and is paraded in a motorcade down your main street. When i have actually met up with net friends, it's as if we've been hanging out for years, like my 'in person' friends, my net friends tend to be of the highest possible calibre and class.
If i've offended anyone this year .. Meh, if i haven't, i'm sorry if i've let you down
Thanks to everyone who's sent comment's, even the ones who've caused me drama's and headaches, special thanks to those who've sent me photo's, i know i quite often slip, and may not reply with thanks, but i know who you are, and it's merely a time constrait issue if i haven't replied to you.
Here's hoping for a happy and healthy 2011 for our Fab's and there families, they bring us untold joy, and i wish them happiness, health and safety .. i think they have prosperity sewn up
So, happy holiday's everyone, be safe, remind yourselves what's 'really' important to you, and i'll try not to rub in that our holiday season is born upon an Australian summer, and all the yummy things that entails. I'll be thinking of my snow bound friends .. as i lay back on my balcony, bedecked in boardshorts and t shirt, overlooking the sparkling blue pacific ocean, and sucking a lime cordial chaser through my bendy swizzle straw.
Stand by for more photo treats to be revealed from Miss Tammy's photo purse in 2011.


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The messenger of the covenant
'The messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in.' Malachi 3:1
Suggested Further Reading: Hebrews 8:1–13
The Lord's people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them to its green pastures, and makes them to lie down beside its still waters. They can sweetly sing of it from youth even to hoar hairs, from childhood even to the tomb, for this theme is inexhaustible.
They delight to contemplate the antiquity of that covenant, remembering that before the day star knew its place, or planets ran their round, the interests of the saints were made secure in Christ Jesus. It is peculiarly pleasing to them to remember the sureness of the covenant. They love to meditate upon 'the sure mercies of David.' They delight to celebrate the covenant in their songs of praise, as 'signed and sealed, and ratified, in all things ordered well.' It often makes their hearts dilate with joy to think of its immutability, as a covenant which neither time nor eternity, life nor death, things present, nor things to come, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, shall ever be able to violate—a covenant as old as eternity and as everlasting as the Rock of ages. They rejoice also to feast upon the fulness of this covenant, for they see it in all things provided for them; God is their portion, Christ their companion, the Spirit their comforter, earth their lodge and heaven their home. They see in it not only some things, but all things; not only a help to obtain some desirable possessions, but an inheritance reserved and entailed to [bestowed on] every soul that has an interest in this ancient and eternal deed of gift.
For meditation: God's covenant with his people in Christ is described as new (1 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 8:8; 9:15; 12:24), better (Hebrews 7:22; 8:6) and everlasting (Hebrews 13:20). Does this agreement afford you delight? Is your future covered by it?
Sermon no. 470
5 September (Preached 7 September 1862)365 Days with C.H. Spurgeon, Vol. 2: A Unique Collection of 365 Daily Readings from Sermons Preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from His Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit (365 Days With Series); edited by Terence Peter Crosby; (c) Day One Publications, 2002.


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What's Wrong with Dodd-Frank 1502?
I have a new working paper up at the Center for Global Development. It's entitled, "What's Wrong with Dodd-Frank 1502? Conflict Minerals, Civilian Livelihoods, and the Unintended Consequences of Western Advocacy." You can read the paper here.
The central argument of the paper is that Dodd-Frank 1502, while based in well-intentioned efforts to improve the situation in the Congo, has caused more problems that it has solved, and is unlikely to improve the security situation in eastern Congo when the SEC rules are released and implemented. This is because there is no evidence that supply chain traceability mechanisms actually get fighters to stop fighting, particularly in a very weak state. Moreover, as we are already seeing, smuggling tends to increase and civilian miners are put out of work. In the paper, I delve into an analysis of why the advocacy community chose to focus on conflict minerals and why that focus was misguided. I also suggest steps for a way forward that would both help to improve transparency in the mineral trade while arguing that violence is a separate problem with a separate solution.
I welcome your comments and questions on the paper. Thanks to the folks at the Center for Global Development for publishing it. All errors are, of course, my own.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Federal health officials proposed Thursday to overhaul 500,000 child care centers across the country, beefing up safety standards including background and fingerprint checks for employees and requiring states to better monitor the facilities.
Roughly 1.6 million U.S. children attend child care centers on subsidies — paid in the form of vouchers to families — from the federal government. But health, safety and program quality requirements for those facilities vary widely, and states monitor them through a patchwork of rules.
The proposed changes to centers where families use the vouchers were announced Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington as part of a broader agenda by President Barack Obama to ensure health and safety across all early learning environments and to improve the quality of facilities and their workers to prepare children for kindergarten.
"Too many children remain in settings that do not meet minimum standards of health and safety," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. "These basic rules ensure that providers take necessary basic steps to shield children from an avoidable tragedy."
The rules would increase accountability among child care providers and aim to improve transparency so parents know more about the facility their children attends. States would have to comply with the standards to receive the federal funds.
Workers would undergo fingerprinting and background checks and be required to receive training in first aid, CPR, safe sleeping for babies and poison prevention. The proposal also would set guidelines for transporting children in an effort to reduce the number of deaths of children left in cars.
States would be required to conduct unannounced, in-person inspections at each center. States vary widely on how they monitor child care centers, with some allowing self-certification for facilities to check off on a mailed-in form whether they have smoke detectors and safety plans. That wouldn't fly under the new rules.
Many parents mistakenly think their child care facilities are already following these measures, and the proposal aims to better inform families about facilities' track records. The proposed rules would require all states to post licensing, health and safety inspection records online in plain language. About 30 states already do so. The rules also would require all states to use a rating system for quality issues, including curriculum and learning environment. About half the states already use such a system.
Accessibility to government-funded child care also is addressed. The proposal would encourage states to give more flexibility to families and to address care for children while unemployed parents look for work.


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Updated at 5:53 p.m. ET – Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's choice to be secretary of defense, finished a day-long marathon confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, enduring nearly eight hours of testy and skeptical questions from Republicans.
At the start of Thursday's hearing, it seemed nearly certain that the Senate would vote to confirm Hagel. But the nominee labored at certain points during the day to clarify and explain his comments. Whether his occasional stumbles were serious enough to jeopardize his confirmation was not clear by the end of the testimony.
There are 55 senators in the Democratic caucus and 45 Senate Republicans, so if there's no filibuster, Hagel would seem assured of confirmation. The last time the Senate rejected a Cabinet nominee was in 1989 when there was a Republican president and a Democratic-controlled Senate.
Republican senators confronted Hagel with quotations from statements he had made months or years ago – and sometimes he apologized for them or amended them.
Late in the day Sen. Mike Lee, R- Utah, asked Hagel whether he'd said in 2003 that Israel keeps Palestinians "caged up like animals" and whether he still believes that.
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"Like many things I've said, I would like to go back and change the words and the meaning," Hagel told Lee. "If I had a chance to go back and edit it, I would. I regret that I used those words."
But he said he'd made his statement "in a larger context … (addressing) the frustration in what's happening (in Israel) which is not in Israel's interest" and mentioned the need "to find ways that we can help bring peace and security to Israel."
Quizzed by both Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. David Vitter, R- La., on a statement he'd made calling the Iranian government a "legitimate" one, Hagel said, "I should have said 'recognized' instead of 'legitimate.'"
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., grills Secretary of Defense nominee Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., on his opposition to the 2007 troop surge in Iraq.
At one point he told Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R- Ga., regarding U.S. policy toward Iran's efforts to build nuclear weapons: "I've just been handed a note that I misspoke and said I supported the president's position on 'containment.' If I said that, I meant to say that obviously – his position on containment – we don't have a position on containment."
Hagel then said, "I've had more attention paid to my words in the last eight weeks than I ever thought possible."
This prompted Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D- Mich., to intervene, "Just to make sure your correction is clear, we do have a position on containment – which is we do not favor containment." Hagel quickly concurred with Levin's statement.
Hagel told the panel in his opening remarks that he is "fully committed to the president's goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," and that "all options must be on the table to achieve that goal. My policy is one of prevention, and not one of containment and the President has made clear that is the policy of our government."
At another point, Hagel, explaining his criticism quoted in a 2008 book by Aaron David Miller, of "the Jewish lobby" and his allegation that "it intimidates a lot of people" in Congress – comments for which Hagel has apologized – said he ought to not have used the word "intimidates."
"I should have used 'influence,'" he said.
Later, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- S.C., challenged Hagel to "name one dumb thing we've been goaded into doing" by the pro-Israel lobby or to identify one member of Congress whom the pro-Israel lobby had intimidated. Hagel said, "I didn't have in mind a single person," and did not identify any policy the U.S. government had been goaded into.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, played Hagel a recording of an interview Hagel did in 2009 with an al Jazeera program. A listener submitted a question asking about "the image of the United States is that of the world's bully" and whether the United States needed "to change the perception and the reality" before asking other nations to reduce their arsenals. In that 2009 program Hagel began his reply by saying, "Her observation is a good one … ."
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports on the latest from Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing.
When Cruz asked Hagel to explain this reply, he said Thursday, "I think my comment was it was a relevant and good observation. I don't think I said that I agree with it."
Early in the testimony, the Iraq war and President George W. Bush's 2007 surge of U.S. troops into Iraq became the heated focus of the hearing.
Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz., repeatedly pressed Hagel, a fellow Vietnam War veteran, on whether he had been right or wrong to say that the 2007 surge was "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since Vietnam."
When McCain angrily said "Will you please answer the question?" Hagel told McCain "I'm not going to give you a yes or no answer … I'll defer that judgment to history."
When McCain shot back that Hagel had been wrong about the surge, Hagel said his "most dangerous blunder" comment had been "not just about the 2007 surge but the overall war of choice going into Iraq" in 2003.
As a senator, Hagel voted for the congressional resolution authorizing Bush to invade Iraq, but later turned critical of Bush's conduct of the operation.
Other Republicans on the committee repeatedly pressed Hagel on his support for endorsement of Global Zero, the movement calling for abolition of nuclear weapons by 2030.
Hagel served on the Global Zero U.S. Nuclear Policy Commission which issued a report last May calling for an 80 percent reduction in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Hagel told ranking Republican committee member Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma that his position "has never been unilateral disarmament."
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Former Senator Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 31, 2013.
And he said the Global Zero report was discussing "illustrative possibilities" and "scenarios" and wasn't urging specific policies.
But last May's Global Zero report, which Hagel signed on to, says that a drastically smaller U.S. arsenal could be negotiated bilaterally with Russia – "or implemented unilaterally."
In his opening statement Hagel pledged that he would maintain an effective nuclear arsenal. "America's nuclear deterrent over the last 65 years has played a central role in ensuring global security and the avoidance of a World War III. I am committed to modernizing our nuclear arsenal," he said.
Hagel, who was seriously wounded while serving as an Army infantryman in Vietnam, was a Republican senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009 but did not support Republican presidential candidates McCain in 2008 or Mitt Romney last year.


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The costs for electricity are rising steadily. The driving factor is the EEG surcharge. It is (as of 2013) 5.277 cents/kWh in Germany. Adding more and more renewable energy sources, particularly solar photovoltaic systems, which are the largest cost drivers, will lead to dramatic increases in price of electricity. Based on the increases from the last 3 years a doubling of electricity prices within the next 10 years can be assumed. Reason enough to think about meaningful austerity. With our newly developed LED Module we want and we can make a contribution.
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The modul-design contains no wear parts except the light sources (LEDs) themselves. According to the specifications of the LED-manufacturer the lifetime should be at least 35,000h (with 70% of the initial luminous flux) when an adequate cooling is ensured and a certain LED power is not exceeded. By the way: The modules are mercury and lead free!
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Esperanza Multicultural Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
The Esperanza Multicultural Church originated as a Spanish language group in 1982 and by 1985 it had become a linguistic congregation within Willingdon Church. While Willingdon Church's goal was to fully integrate their various linguistic congregations, the Spanish language group chose to retain their language. In July 2002 the congregation began meeting for Sunday services in the Marlborough Elementary School in Burnaby. The congregation became a member of the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in 2003. Rob and Silvia Brynjolfson were active in the congregation before it became associated with Willingdon, and served as co-pastors from 1999 until 2002, when Rob became the first pastor of the independent church. Brynjolfson served until 2006. In 2008 Daniel Bongarra was serving as interim pastor.
The congregation, using the Spanish and English languages in its worship, is intentionally multicultural and represents a variety of Spanish-language cultures in the Vancouver area as well as people from other ethnic backgrounds. In 2008 the congregation had 120 members and an average attendance of 140. By 2010 membership had dropped to 55 with an average weekly attendance of 35, and in 2015 membership was 50 and average weekly attendance was 30.
Mennonite Brethren Herald (December 6, 2002) http://old.mbherald.com/41-20/news-1.html (accessed 24 August 2009): (June 13, 2003) http://www.mbherald.com/42/08/news-1.en.html (accessed 19 May 2008); (January 7, 2005) http://www.mbherald.com/44/01/bridging.en.html (accessed 24 August 2009).
Additional Information
Mailing Address: 1607 – 4266 Grange Street, Burnaby, BC V5H 1P1
Meeting Location: West Burnaby United Church, 6050 Sussex Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Phone: 604-374-8220
Website: Esperanza Multicultural Church
Denominational Affiliations:
British Columbia Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches (2003-present)
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (2003-present)
|Richard D Thiessen
|Date Published
|October 2017
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Thiessen, Richard D. "Esperanza Multicultural Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. October 2017. Web. 23 Sep 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Esperanza_Multicultural_Church_(Burnaby,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=155556.
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Thiessen, Richard D. (October 2017). Esperanza Multicultural Church (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Esperanza_Multicultural_Church_(Burnaby,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=155556.
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West Chicago apartment fire leaves residents homeless
Fire swept through a 24-unit West Chicago apartment building Sunday, leaving its residents temporarily homeless and without their belongings, but injuring none.
West Chicago firefighters were called to the Timber Lake Apartments at 1212 Kings Circle about 10:06 a.m. in response to the fire, which broke out in one of several buildings that make up the complex.
A large crowd of residents from all the buildings in the complex watched firefighters from West Chicago and many surrounding departments battle the blaze which seemed to be based around the top floor and roof.
The fire was largely extinguished by 12:20 p.m., but many of the responding departments were not released from the scene until just after 2 p.m.
Glenn Mueller, president of property owner Northridge Holdings, said all residents of the buildings and their pets were able to escape the fire unharmed.
A 3-month-old girl who was asleep when she was taken out of the building later woke up smiling, he said.
The company was making arrangements for hotel rooms for the residents to stay in Sunday night. If they need housing beyond then, Mueller said the company will make available units in other buildings of the complex or other apartment complexes it owns in Addison and Bartlett.
Efforts to secure clothing and furniture donations are already under way for residents, most of whom do not have renter's insurance, Mueller added.
He had high praise for the responsiveness of the fire department and other city officials, including acting Mayor Ruben Pineda and Police Chief Laz Perez who came to the scene immediately on what should have been their days off.
"The community is great with helping people," Mueller said. "I couldn't ask for anything more."
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.


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Recommendation by Jean Scoon, Institutional Advancement, Saint John's University:
The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr
I highly recommend The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr... I got it at the SJU Bookstore last week when I saw it on MaryAnn Baenninger's recommended list. It's the story of the discovery of a painting that had been lost for several hundred years. You wouldn't think it would be that exciting, but it's like a detective story. The author manages to make it dramatic, even though a lot of it is about art historians poring over ancient archives!


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Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are good friends. Jennifer Lawrence is shooting the new David O Russell movie in Boston. Emma Stone was spotted in Boston this weekend. Are they hanging out? Let's assume yes. There's also a Bradley Cooper connection too. Cooper and Lawrence are working together for the third time. And Cooper is also attached to star in Cameron Crowe's next film alongside Emma Stone.
Interestingly enough, David O Russell cast Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook partly from seeing him play the ragey douchebag preppy boyfriend in Wedding Crashers. Click here for a refresher. Cooper's onscreen girlfriend in Wedding Crashers was... Rachel McAdams...
Who also happened to be in Boston this weekend.
Coincidence or conspiracy?
Oh, probably coincidence.
But Rachel, Emma, Jennifer all at once together would be a dream cast for something, right?